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Gurdip Thandi
birminghammail.co.uk and 4 other titles
Bars cover the last twelve months and show relative volume.
Bylines read on 9 topics since 30 Nov 2025 · latest 10 Nov 2026
- birminghammail.co.uk
- expressandstar.com
- bbc.com
- Birmingham Mail
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
02 Writes on · 9 of 29 topics
Gurdip Thandi: key facts
- Main title
- birminghammail.co.uk
- Covers
- Maternity & neonatal, NHS & care workforce/staffing, A&E & ambulance responseand 6 more
- Press coverage
- Regularly citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
- Most recently read
- 10 Nov 2026
- First read
- 30 Nov 2025
03 Beat
What Gurdip Thandi covers
- Maternity & neonatal
- NHS & care workforce/staffing
- A&E & ambulance response
- Dementia
- Diabetes
- NHS waiting lists
- Mental health
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- Care home closures & provider failure
How we found the articles by Gurdip Thandi we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 9 topics
Maternity & neonatal
- maternity
- maternity services
- maternity care
- neonatal
- stillbirth
- maternal mortality
- midwifery
- midwife
Also searched with “maternity” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Maternity & neonatal
NHS & care workforce/staffing
- NHS workforce
- staff shortages
- nursing shortage
- nurse recruitment
- care workforce
- care worker pay
- social care workforce
- NHS long term workforce plan
Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing
A&E & ambulance response
- A&E waiting times
- A&E department
- accident and emergency
- ambulance response times
- ambulance handover
- ambulance waiting
- ambulance service
- emergency department
Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response
Dementia
- dementia
- dementia care
- Alzheimer's
- memory clinic
- dementia diagnosis
- dementia strategy
Also searched with “dementia” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Dementia
Diabetes
- diabetes
- type 1 diabetes
- type 2 diabetes
- insulin
- diabetic
- diabetes prevention
Also searched with “diabetes” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Diabetes
NHS waiting lists
- NHS waiting list
- waiting list
- elective waiting times
- elective recovery
- elective backlog
- waiting list backlog
- referral to treatment
- RTT
Also searched with “NHS waiting list” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for NHS waiting lists
Mental health
- mental health
- mental health services
- CAMHS
- psychiatric
- suicide prevention
- mental health crisis
- talking therapies
- IAPT
Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health
Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- asthma
- COPD
- respiratory disease
- lung cancer screening
- pulmonary
Also searched with “asthma” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
Care home closures & provider failure
- care home closure
- provider failure
- residential care closure
- care home insolvency
- care home fees
- care home places
- care market
- market sustainability
Also searched with “care home closure” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Care home closures & provider failure
04 Who they quote
Who Gurdip Thandi calls
Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.
- Farooq KhanClinician
- Lou PickeringSector leader
- Claire McDermottClinician
- Neil HanleyAcademic
- Paul AtheySector leader
- Emma WilsonClinician
- Sam CaddickClinician
05 The record
Recent articles
- 10 Nov 2026Major £33m of urgent care services
birminghammail.co.ukA&E & ambulance response
- 24 Oct 2026Andy Burnham's dementia pledge welcomed in Birmingham
birminghammail.co.ukDementia
- 23 Oct 2026Birmingham dementia pilot cuts waiting times by 20 weeks for over-80s
birminghammail.co.ukDementia
- 18 Oct 2026Medics welcome Prime Minister's dementia pledge
birminghammail.co.ukDementia
- 16 Oct 2026'Brilliant' dementia pilot cutting assessment waiting times
birminghammail.co.ukDementia
- 16 Oct 2026
- 20 Sept 2026
- 17 Sept 2026
- 17 Sept 2026A&E waiting times still below target
Local Democracy ReporterA&E & ambulance response
- 17 Sept 2026
- 17 Sept 2026Maternity bosses 'listening to families' in bid to improve
birminghammail.co.ukMaternity & neonatal
- 17 Sept 2026
- 17 Sept 2026
- 14 Jul 2026Damning review into maternity services 'welcomed'
birminghammail.co.ukMaternity & neonatal
- 2 Jul 2026
- 1 Jul 2026Bereaved dad's emotional plea for action against NHS trust
birminghammail.co.ukMaternity & neonatal
- 30 Jun 2026
- 11 Jun 2026What people can do to get mental health support during strikes
birminghammail.co.ukMental health
- 9 Jun 2026
- 9 Jun 2026
Showing the 20 most recent of 33 pieces read.
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